The Sun. — London, England, 1808-10-27 00:00:00

:.T . ATCUES. ✓ ln our report of ti pugilistic matches . at 3.:T9u 1 .- sey, na Tuei-llay, the lateneis of the Maur prevented us griing into minute particulars respetlingny other tattle excepting that t : set%keen Crib atfd _Grcmon, and we therefor , prqsent our-Readers with - ?1 few . mo.e observations on :hp The battle between the •leading champions, 33-WC observed ye,sterday, excited tht,..nwA interest, am.l it turned out fliat,G.,-egson- was the -most injured. He was removed from the Hurst to the King's Head, of Hampton; where he remained until yesterday. The right s!de of his, face present 4 a" sueaacle which will be readily conceived by the 'Reader, when it is stated, that he received on that part upwards of a score of Crin's left-handed blows, exclusve of some httabout . the Mins. It is but justice to obwr,ye ; that during-every minute of the obstinate ; cpiaflia Greg son entertained a strong opinion.of winning- It is cer-, tairf be would have stayed-another quarter of an hour, hal it not been for the tall he received in the “venty7 third and last round, which so deprived him of strength, that he could not appear again at the half minbte time. Crib, it seems, received three blows more tremendous than the rest, and one of these was on the temple, in the sixth round, and the , other on the breast, in the seventh round.. In both these rounds, as will be seen in yesterday's de .. tail, Crib hAd the wor,t, of - it, and was hit to a State of stupidity,; and had ,Gregson fought at arms' -length, without closing, he must 'have made a won derful alteration iri the battle. The other blow, which disfigures Crib, is behind the rigilh ear. He Was taken to the Toy lon, at Hampton Court, and bled, and yesterday Gully conveyed him to Lon don: Crib challenged to tight Richman the Black, who had offended him, for 50 guineas, without put ting his,shirt on, in the same ring where he had con quered Gregson. Cropley is also most hideously disfigured about the head ; and although Belcher had the advantage of the whole 'of the battle, with the exception of two or . three rounds, yet a fall winch Cropley received in the last round abruptly terminated' this combat also. He was thrown heavily on the"hack part of his head; which fairly bounded from' the ground into the hands of Hall, his second, and he Was unable also to face his adversary in time. At the ex piration of the time to meet again, Cropley was sense less, and when his seconds were reMoving him, the stan o. the fall having - partly left him, he put himself ogain in a defensive attitude, and begged to be Wired to his man, and complained of not being half bear. As much respecting that fight as can be interesting, was given yesterday in substance, and we a,.nn repeat, it excited as much attention t as any we ever before wit nesed. It was a true speci,ipKti.Of skill and bottom ; and Cropley evidently lint ,his adver sary's length, and givitlg his own heart to Belener's hits, Cropley was constantly hit at going in, and Belcher was too good a judge to drop this offensive sySiem. Dogherty was stupidly in,toxicated with strong li quors, when he engaged in an unexpected combat; but he was sobered before the end of the battle.— His adversary, who was palmed upon the ring as a countryman, resides in the country of Drury-lane, and gave some good specimens Of his ability. Sixty three rounds were toui;ht, wheii Doherty was de clared tire victor. On Friday morning, Carlisle gaol was again broken open, when the notorious Naylor, along with three other prisoners, viz. White, Row, and Barnes, made their escape. The Manner in ~which- this under taking was achieved displayed much ingenuity and courage, and gives some consistency to the bravado of Naylor himself, that no gaol in England butt Lancaster Castle could hold him. Sinc,e his last return to the place of his confinement, he was loaded with above 60 pounds weight of iron, only eight pounds short of that which thejimous Baron Trenck had to sustain - while confined in his dungeon at Magdeburgh ; he was chained to the wall, frequently - handcuffed, and generally shin !), lied and neck-bolted.—Under all these disheart ning circumstances, he effeeled his escape Merely by means of two iron bars, which had been wrench ed tram the windows of the cell. With these im plements, he, with the help of his fellow-prisoners, forced the flags from beneath the door (each stone, being sunk a great depth), and proceeding forward, made a hole sufficient to admit one person ( ' at a time. Having accomplished this, they I SCaled the iron palisade, and 'the outermost wall Ofihe prison, and got clear off. The ingenuity oflylor, as a prison-breaker, has long been known . : some years ago,. when confined it Richmond prisdn, in York shire, he removed a stone from under the door of his cell, which was above tt ton weight, by taking away the earth from below it, when it sunk down, leaving the iron work that secured it, and gave him. morn to free himself. ROYAL HUNT.--On Saturday pot - ping his Ma , j'esty's stag- - bounds were hunted, with a numerous field of Noblemen and Gentlemen sportsmen. They rtssembied about ten o'clock near Broad Common, where there was a remarkable fine deer turned out of a cart' for the day's diverslon. The deer started with great swiftness, and continued so for upwards of an hour and a half principally through the inelo towardl the Thames ; when he got near , 'Wind sor, he ihelterPd-himself in one of the aits fur some time. Several of the sportsmen procured a boat, and put him upon the run again ; he came put near the to'wn of Windsor, and would have run through the town, but was prevented by a numerous group of foot-pursuers, which caused him tp take to the Thames again, \Ninth he crossed, and tOok his Course by Eton College : the horse-sportsnimin- their pur suit paSsed through the towns of IVindm4 and L on, which highly amused. and astonished the ,tlafi)Ts. The young gentlemen of Eton College joined in the sport. The deer was at length taken near Langley Church.' MN. Baker, a celebrated •horser,voman, was in the cline, and continued during the whole hunt; she was exceedingly well mounted, and rode very well ; took the leaps as well as any Gtiptlelll3ll in the nuni: The Itur,sian Ships ,sre not to come into harbour 'lo be laid up s orders having been received- to tnoor them at the Motherbank, under the - direC;tion of ,tear-AdminiTYL ZMERICAN PAPERS. . French Outrage.—The American Ship Brist4i Packet, Captain BARNES, of Portsmouth, N. with cargo of dry goods, &c. from London, bound' to-New-Iork;. was met on the high seas in January In : St, by two French Frigates, and was sunk by order of the French Cominodorenot under the Milan decree;--she loaded before that decree was known in England—had no British license—shad not been boarded from a British Man of Warneither could it be asserted that her destruction was .necessary- to prevent information ; no, her tempting cargo, whic4 was plundered; and that plunder distributed among the crews of 4he Frigates, without even the form of condemnation, vas the sole plea of the pirate. Had • she. been in ballast she would have been permitted to : . proceed on her voyage. This is a statement of in' controvertible fa&s, and at a time when misrepre• sentatioti and falsehood has become so meritorious aTnong the yelpers of Ftance,' . it is necessary that such pradices should be exposed, and such persons among us that are so lost to patriotism, as to justify such ads of outrage on the sovereignty and. inde pendence of America, as have been committed by.: the French, both in Europe and in_ the West Indies, are ariki . orthy the name of Americans, and should be branded with infamy.—(Poi. Reg:). PHILADELPHIA, AV G. French Brig La Pais, which arrived at the Lazaretto the (Oh July lost, on her way to this City, soon aller dropped down to Marcus 1-I6ok ; a.' viliage Containing abbot twenty houses, tiff the public road, and .of course free from the scrutinizing eye of the traveller. WO' site went there, those who gave the orders best know ; the rest of the world are left to guess. There she received a complete overhaul and repair, w ith new masts and rigging, frum stem.to_stern ; and "' are told that our Colleethr, or some person unde r him, received order's from Head- Quarters, that Ill° brig La Pais should be "liberally supplied !" 13 consequence of which order, we are told, that her Ciallope was daily and nightly trat2sporting taticl.c3 from this city for her accommodation, :Ind the accorn" modation of her patrons ii:: Guadaloupe. Among tilt' articles so transported by permission " at:Lore/Lug to law," were five tons cordage, 150 barrels of flour, 100 ditto of salt provisions, six pipes of wine, pipes of brandy, with a long string of etceteras! Whether the permitted articles loaded her or nor we cannot pretend to say ; be it as it may, (A'iti l permission or without permission) we are told by . a person who saw her going'dowit, after her de parture from Marcus Hook on Friday last, tha t she was as deep as she could swim—so we go--all for our good allies !—We are also told, one of t 46 Jeffs alias our Ships of the Line (alias Gun-boat 4 accompanied her .down, no doubt to pass her O r • thp three Jeff ,or. Ships of the Line and Delavar 4 • C.Utter, now cruizing in our bay, as it is, no doubts improper to trust too many people with secrets. The - Washington Federalist of Saturday last says' " The French brig, which arrived some time sine*. the Eastern. Branch, still remains there. T 1 Captain, we are told, is at Baltimore, holding /cow l ferences.with General TURREAU, and her crew ore. drinking grog, and running riot through our streets-, No one appears to know how long she id to remairhi or for what she came. Some say the objed of tier mission is to carry off the FrenCh Minister; 5011 14 that to bully cur President into a war wit -4 4 11 la!rd'ity the bye, - there is no Eng/ some, that, it is to burn our redoubtable NavV.- - Wl. adhere to our first opinion, that she is a Guadaloupt,g,, Privateer, sent here by ERNOUF to procure provi: sions, and that she, will not return without tllefo• If our -information she, not extremely incorrect, sil` + has now two or - three hundred barrels of flour in her hold, and is nightly adding to the quantity, thotigal lying in the midst of our whole Naval Force--rumic r the suns of our batteries, and within the very vie': of, the Admitiistration. This is another instance 0L 11 , 4. JEFFERSON'S " hottest 'neutrality," and his " ; iqual and exact justice to all tixn." • Colleaor and Comptroller of Customs at Hull have given notice to the Merchants, that LO Lords of the Treasury have authorised the warehous'. lug - and bonding the several articles enumerated iLk Table E: At of 43d Geo. ill. chap. 132, in woo' houses to be approved of by the Officers of the Cos" toms. Still' NE*S. GRAVKSLND, OCTOBER, 25. .Passed by—the Hawker, Manther, from Honduras. ,„„, \ Sailed-the Prince of Wales, West, for Quebtc for Malta ; Feli c ity, Primrose, Apollo, Cam( fe,r Inrd Keith, Baird, I3ec, G e dd en , an d the Hero, Mu ir ' o .iottenburgh. BIRTLIS. On the igth inst. at her mother's house, Lower Gardineri street, Dublin, the Lady of lohn Hamilton Weldon, Esq• of Gravel Mount, in. the County of Meath, of a Daughter. Lately, at Stacumnie, in the County ofsKilda re , t h e L a d, of Sir Simon Bradstreet, Bart. ola Daughter. few days ago, in Lettast, Mrs. Colonel. MlCaskill,. Of a Son. MARRIED. Orr Saturday, at Titary-le-bone Church; Thomas Esq. of Edward -street, 'Cavendish-Square, to Miss rinc Parkins', of Chestield Lodge, Herts. ' On Monday last, at Topsham Ch urc h, near Exeter, Z iesl ten nit-Colonel Head, of the i3th Light Dragoons, to t , lta venscroft, daughter of Edward Rav en scrof t , 'Esq. of r°' On Tuesday last, by spjcial licence, at Hampton-Co ur o r i , ' George Vernon, Esq. of Clontarfr Castle, in the CouitY, l , Dublin, tti' Henrietta - , youngest daughter of Wiison Esq. otConishead Priory, in the County,of Lancaster. r "The same day, at Wexham, Wiiliain Huiton, Hutton Park, LancaShire, to Miss Maria Ford, second dank' ter of Randle Ford, Esq. of Wextfarn, Itucks. ' 'Yesterday, Mr. fohn,Dixon, of Ely-place, to Miss DO % y. ?on, duughter of Joseph Dowson, of Stratford-green. ii;ti DIED. On Fr:city last, in the 84th year of his age, Thomas down, I:.sq . of Chatham-place. ' Mr: On Saturday last, very smith:illy, of RGyston,• Hefts, Edward D.ty, Attorney at Law, in the..7oth year pr iiis .a ,„g e r ',. On Tuesday, agedtd ward Ed..arils, den of•kirown's ,iospitali Stamford. ' Qu Wednesday, at .I..ii;i4.;ton, Mr. folinson, -- .Partncri ntl : house Of Mews, Eyles, and I,l.obate4:ll. rWe'are requested to. contradict a tElra . ,raqh - winch we . . t),:d . trum a •Morniiiy; I),:i3o'r or Tues(l,4, the Or a ' i . j 2 i f t Air.. R. Dick, of bury : the account and every par ic:ular 4 uttetly.talse. WWI WATER AT LOIMON ROW. NiNrning, 4 win. after 9: t Akertakm,' Alt° . 9' OLD BAIL-EY. Yesterday. the -Old Bailey Sessions commenced before Lord EL:,cti.ao:oollGti, I\lr. Justice LAW RENCE, .Mr. Baron Tno:OsoN, the LORD MAYDR, ALDERMEN, RECORDER, and other City Officeis. Richard Neighboz4, aged 25, 1 as indicted for an assault of a kind froM which human - nature revolts, on a young. man of It years of age. The faits wen.: clearly. proved by the -tegittiony of the .prosecutor, bot are too,Shocking to be detailed, An attemp; wa ~ S made to invalidate the l'''rosecn tor's evidence, by 'shewiug that he did not state with accuracy the hour . at which he left the prisoner's apartment. The . .Tury, however, gave credit to his Statement, and found the prisoner Guilty--:-Death. The prosecutor had been kept in custody', an at tempt having been made. to induce him to go to. America, in consequence .of which .-his father de-. clined entering into recognizance for his appearance. The prisoner thanked the Jury for their impartiality. Santa Cunnings; was indicted for uttering a piece of false and counrerfeit money, made andconnter felted like a shilling, as, and for a good one, he hav ing been formerly conviCted'as a - corrinion- utterer. — The case was completely made out, and it appeared than there. were - found-on the prisoner's person, when apprehlnded,' 19 counterfeit shilling 4, besides the one he had uttered. The Jury found him Guilty 7—Death. - George Spikes was capitally indi&ed for being found at large within this Kingdom before the term of hiS transportation to New South Wales hut ex pired. The previous conviaion of the prisoner for ‘ a simi lar offence, in September, ISO,. he having hi the year 1895, been found guilty of ,stealing, and sen tenced to seven years transportation, was, given in evidence. The .prisoner was then sent-aced to be hanged, but afterwards received his Majest's Mercy, on condition of being banished beyond the seas for seven years. He was then sent to Lingston Har bour, from whence he contrived to make escape a second time, and.was apprehended on tlie)3th of Septembei, on board the Eaterprize Tender in.the River. The Jury found the prisoner—Guilty, but recom r. mended him •to . mercy, on account of..his being found on board one of his Majesty's John Baillie, alias John . Howell, was indiEted for a similar - olfenee.---The circumstances were exactly similar, with this variation, that the prisoner main tained, that since his being sent on board the hulks Cie second time, he had icceived his Majesty's free pardon, on enlisting in the Royal. York Rangers. He had been allowed a shorcalatience, but baying exceeded the time, - he was afraid to • return to his regiment, but in-consequence of his Malesty's Pro clomation pardoning deserters on their entering on board the tender, he had gone thither, but was not received. He was now desirous of being sent to his regiment, there to -receive the ,Runishinent due to his offence. The prisoner was unable to prove this story; but Lord ELLENBOROUGH told . him, if it proved true, he should have the•benefit of it. Guilty--. Death. 'Caroline Cooper was indieled for stealing a pocket book, two 21. notes, ten 11. notes, and seven 7-shil 7 , ling- pieces, the property of Mary Wealing, in.her. dwelling-house, Bethnal-green. The Prisoner.f,Aict ,enl in the course of the trial. The circumstances of susilicion were extt.:.mely dtrcr. , , but there beiq positive proof, the Jury fowled - le Prisoner—...,of • The Prosecutrix applied to have a variety of arti cles of clothes, which, she alledged, - had been,pur., chased by the Prisoner wiih the money of which she had been robbed, delivered to-her, she being 'a poor woman. • • Mr. Justice LAWRENCE, however, informed her, he could not make her rich by giving her what, for any thing that appeared on the trial, belonged to an other. He ordered, however, that she should be paid her expellees. SuAnrcas.--At the late cattle fair, held at Lan caster, Mr, ShaW, a credulous farmer, from York, shire, was swindled out of about 57i. by two Lon-, don travelling sharpers, of the names of• Walton and Haling, in the following tnanner : Walton picked up a seven shillings piece In the fair, close to whore Mr. Shaw was standing, and asked him if it were• his . ? he not Owning it, the sharper asked him to go and assist him to spend it, which he agreed to, and they went to an inn . for that purpose, where they were joined by Holding. The two sharpers began wagering about guessing at a halfpenny under a pot ; . .the trick answered, and the pour unsuspecting fiat joined them in wagering, and lust a surd or money. From this trick they proceeded to another, of bet ting which of them should produce the largest sum of money in the course of half an hpur, and Mr. Shaw was so extremely imprudent as to go out and borrow a sum of money for this purpose ; he of course won the wager; this, h owever, answered- the sharpers' purpose, as they obtained Sufficient- know ledge-how to proceed .with fleecing him. A - pack of cards was then produced, and they pro ceeded to wager upon cutting the cards, 84e, : a!: this Mr. Shaw lost 'an the cash and notes he had it,'lz:s pockets., and was aaually so extremely imprudent and incautious, as to leave the inn a second time and to go into-the .Fair to borrow more money to proceed with this wagering ; he returned to the sharpers, and continued his ruinous condua with. them till he had lost all his own money, and what he had borrowed,.amounting to the above sum of 571. To keep up the plausible appearance, Walton, the original acquaintance of Mr. Shaw, who picked up the seven-shillings piece in the Fair, • pretended to have likewise lost a considerable sum of money, on which account he cried, and appeared in great distress for his loss ; and Holding, who had won all the money, made offfrom the Inn. Mr. ShaW now be gan to retied on his. Joss, and the impropriety of his condua, and communicated what had passed to ;some friends, who discovered - the trick, and they 'went in pursuit of the - sharpers with a Constable. After a.lcw search they found tbetri at a pubic house, in a private room, in the a& of dividing the booty. They were taken befOre a Magistfate, and committed for swindling to the Castle, to take their trial at the ensuing Assizes, it having been paned that the cards they wagered upon were prepared so that the dope must ter a - Certainty lose. JdMAICII, A's . S. We are extremely gratified to communicate to our readers, that accounts were received on Friday, by his_ Majesty's Schooner Flying Fish, from St. Jago de Citha, which are very favourable to the British interest, and to our Colonial prosperity particulatly. It . appears that the ruling Government of Spain test 4 ne time in transmitting . to Cuba official advices of the Condu& of Buoitaparte towards that country, and the subsequent events between the inhabitants and the French troops; -and-that they had called in the assistance of Great .Britain, and proclaimed peace With that nation, and ordering that hostilities shonld also cease against them in Cuba. This intelligence wait, received with unbounded exultation, and pto , claimed in, every direction. Invitations were instant ly sent to all the Officers of the Flying Fish-to come on Shore, andthey were invited to several enteitpo r ments, and dined with the Governor on the 2d inst, Every French Privateer in. port, amonnting to six . * seven, was taken possession of, and the crews itn priSoned and there was no doubt but that the , whole of the French-population in Cuba would be considered as enemies, and, guarded against accord ingly, as soon as the Government had made arrange- Ments to that purpose. It was likewise - understood at St. Jago, that a Goveinor had arrived at the Ha- vannah, appointed since the tumult. Since prepar ing the above'Paractraph for publication, we have un derstood that the Flying Fish cied adviees to the Governor of St. Jago, givingpaulars of tie_trans actions in Spain, which were discredited, but 'shortly after their own Government confirmed them ; and the following letter was, teceived.en .board the fi7ying Fish, from the GOvernot of St. Jago de Cuba . ; and a prize schooner, which was coming in, was fired at' by the fort, and ordered oif, which the Flying Fisl went in pursuit of, and took. TRANSLATION. St. Ingo de Cuba, July jo, nine o'clock at night. " I have just received an extraordinary expresS from the Captain-General of the Havannah, the Marquis de Somerue loS, saying Peace was proclaimed between Spain and Eng land,- and ordif.ring that hostilities should cease in this district against that Nation. I have; therefore, from this motnes►t, directed accordingly: •• SEBASTIAN DE KENDILAN." " To any Officer of his Britannic Majesty's Ships, off St. jago de Cuba." - 7 F7'. BRIDGEWATER HOUSE, IN HERTFORDSHIRE.—The first stone of this intended magnificent pile of build. : ing was laid on Wednesday, by ,lANWW_YATT,.tsci. ti.., Surveyor-General. Thb.front wif exceed . three hundred and .fitty feet in length, the whole will be of stone. The architecture will be adu grec. it will be three stories high, and six state apartments on each of the principal stories complete the outline.-= The floors will be of oak, and arranged after the Mu dale taste. The late Duke of Bridgewater, who long had it in contemplation to build' a family mansion 'on the spot, bad colleted .togettier immense quantities of stone, .which have long been' lying in heaps in the neighbourhood. , There are like%tise three hun dred waggon loads of fir timber reacly, which .were purchased by the present Earl of Bridgewater (the projector of these great improvements) at , five pounds per load, a short time since ; this wood. is now guineas. The sheet lead provided for this great un dertaking is incalculable; it was bought vn terms equally reasonable. It is added that Bri:lgt. , :wi t ter ilc .a tv:ii equal, if not excel, in splendour, cloy ot: the country seats of our Nobilit l Y and Gentry is the kingdom. It take seven years to perfea this magnificent structure. COFFEE.—The increased demand for Coffee, con sequent on the reduation of duty, has exceeded the present means of supply, and the wholesale Grocers cannot .pbtaio it from the roasting-houses in quanti ties nearly adequate. to the orders they are daily re— ceiving. No doubt Gover9ent and the Revenue Departments will, take the %peodiest measures for relieving - the trade from the evil it now labours un 7 der, from thq insufficiency of the roasting-houses, thereby giving effect to a r e gulation which • pro:lkises so much eventual advantage to the commercial and iinancial revenues of. the country; meantime, while the diffictilty eiSists, it may, be useful to the public to know that i'aw Coffee may be bought froM the Grocers, in small-quantities; at a price below that of. roasted Coffee,and that the law permits the roasting of it by.private ;families. The price of a good iron Coffee Roaster does not exceed as. 6d.; halla pound may be roasted in eight or ten minutes, and the more recently roast e d the Coffee is, the higher is its flavour, and the better its quality. On the shore at Mylnetield, pear Dundee, appear ed, on Monday last, 14 large fish of a non-d6Criiit: kind, which have very, much attraded public cu riosity. Some ichthyologists declare them to be a family of whales, .while others, equally profound, pronounce them to be a kind of fish known by the name of " I - inners." The road from Dundee, to Mylnefield, every day this week, has been crowded with numbers of the learned and curious to examine these fish.. The largest one is about 23 feet in length. Their bellies are pure white, dark-Coloured back, with a large high flu. .The proprietor, of the shore where they landed is employed in cutting qieG, up tosell their oil, which, it is understood, will yield a considerable profit. Yesterday morning, about five o'clock, a firebroke out in the Cooperage of Mr:Stewart, in Hermitage street, Wappina b , which destroyed all the stock, and had nearly reached the Brewery of 'Mr. Bowman, but which was saved by the arrival of the engines. A fire broke out on Monday night last, at the cotton-works belonging to Sir R. PEELE, Bart. at Abrewas, near Litchfield, which totally consumed them. The damage is'estimated at 40,0001' . The fire which( we mentioned yesterday, broke out on Tuesday night, about g o'clock,.at a wooden rouse, near the Raven and Sun Public House, in,t i b T at part of Great Russell-street, Bermondsey, that is next to Dock-head. The house being wholly of timber, lath, and. plaister, the conflagration • was dreadful. The affrighted tenants, poor people with large fami lies, with difficulty escaped with their lives, and num btrs are. left to the charity of others . for a mainte nance; seven homes were destroyed: There were not any lives lost. The firemen, at the imminent danger of their lives, ventured most gallantly, to save the infant children and the aged. This fire .arose from the carelessness of a washerwoman, who- lad been out a chafing, and drank rather freely. r":'' r Printed by t R cHA Pi u 113, of No*„4, Mattlett-court, ilow.strc:ct Publishea by WILLIAM Lcai Scit:irs, South Moiter...strynt, Grovicnor7stitigre; At the3111 , 7 -.o l t r 01 l No, t I.:, `strands where d'Uvo‘ise#?ents, Ottlers tor !lit Pdtiy, 1 Otters kir 11)e iCor, Vic, (tost.'fizid) addreseml.